This story starts with a dog named Bruin. Perhaps it ends Saturday at Rice-Eccles Stadium, perhaps not. When the surprisingly first-place UCLA Bruins come to town to take on John Cullen's Utah Utes Saturday and the Utes win, we'll know if the story ends there.[details]

2008 (Junior): First-team All-MWC … named Utah’s Top
Offensive Lineman … played and started in 12
games (missed UNLV game with injury) ... led
Utah with 40 knockdowns (bowl stats were not
kept) … had 42 pancake blocks and 27 cuts … led
Utah in pancake blocks (6) and knockdowns (7)
against Air Force … seven pancake blocks against
Wyoming … six cuts against New Mexico … firstteam
ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District
VIII … Academic all-MWC … made the Athletic
Director’s Honor Roll.

2007 (Sophomore): Second-team all-conference … started all
13 games at left tackle … moved from guard to
tackle in preseason camp … participated in 856
plays in the regular season (bowl stats were not
kept) to rank second on the line … averaged 71.4
plays per game … totaled 22 pancake blocks, 37
knockdowns and 17 cuts ... season-high eight
knockdowns vs. BYU … achieved the best overall
grade on the line in six games … season-best
grade of 89% was against Louisville … Academic
all-MWC … made the Athletic Director’s Honor
Roll.

2006 (Freshman): Played in all 13 games and started 12 at
left guard (came off the bench against BYU
after missing practice with a concussion) … in
12 regular season games (bowl stats were not
kept), he participated in 696 plays … totaled 10
pancake blocks, 10 cut blocks and 19 knockdowns
… received the highest grade (83%) of the Utah
offensive linemen in his very first college game,
which was against UCLA … season-best grade of
87% against both Northern Arizona and TCU …
made the Dean’s List and the Athletic Director’s
Honor Roll.

2005 (Redshirt):

Personal: Son of Brad Beadles and Jamie Legerski ... parents are both graduates of Wyoming ... mother played basketball for Wyoming and father played baseball for Hutchinson J.C. ... has three siblings ... mechanical engineering major ... full name is Zane Dae Beadles ... born in Casper, Wyo., on Nov. 19, 1986.

An undersized left tackle prospect who lacks ideal length and overall girth, Beadles plays short armed, and although he displays good flexibility and bend, he struggles to anchor at the point of attack. He displays a smooth, compact initial kick-step and has the athleticism needed to consistently reach the edge vs. speed in the pass game. He's fluid in space and possesses the footwork and overall balance to redirect in space and mirror off the edge. But he struggles to anchor on contact and eventually can be walked into the backfield and is slowly collapsed on the left side. He possesses good body control and athleticism in space in the run game, gets his feet around quickly and can seal on the edge. But he consistently gets jacked on contact, struggles to stay on slide-down blocks and isn't much of a Velcro player. He's too easily shed/overwhelmed on contact and fails to stay on blocks through the play. Overall, he has an impressive athletic skill set and can mirror and stay in front of defenders in space. But he needs to improve his base strength to be able to hold up at the next level. His best chance may come as a zone-blocking scheme guard in the NFL.